Although Gideon is certainly a man driven by his anxieties when we first meet him in Judges 6, the magnificent accomplishments which God worked through him were definitely done on the basis of faith.

When we first encounter Gideon, the fifth of the 12 leaders of Israel described in the book called Judges, he is definitely a man who is overwhelmed, even dominated, by fear.

Superior is certainly a central character in the drama that led to the first among literally billions of Gideon Bibles found in hotels and other establishments throughout the world. But my hometown is ...